Mobile Calendar View User Interface

Abstract

Illustrative embodiments enhance and improve the efficiency of tracking and managing tasks of a workflow, for example a workflow including a plurality of tasks of a large-scale construction project. Illustrative embodiments improve methods and systems by providing and populating a graphical user interface that makes more efficient use of limited screen space on a computer display while conveying a plurality of status of a corresponding plurality of tasks.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computer-implemented method of field progressing for a large-scale manufacturing project at a large-scale manufacturing site, the project having a plurality of associated project tasks, the method comprising:
 receiving, at a project management platform, a plurality of log files, each log file having a field observation of a project task;   determining, from each log file, a status of its associate project task, the status being one of a plurality of states and corresponding to an associated date, to produce a plurality of statuses; and   forwarding a status message toward a remote user device, the status message having information indicating the plurality of statuses for populating a graphical user interface on the remote user device, the graphical user interface including a calendar comprising:
 (a) a plurality of day indicia, each day indicia uniquely associated with a corresponding date and a set of log files corresponding to said date, said log files being that date's corresponding log files and corresponding to a set of project tasks associated with that date, and 
 (b) a plurality of graphic status indicia, each graphic status indicium of the plurality of graphic status indicia:
 (i) graphically and uniquely associated with a corresponding day indicium from the plurality of day indicia, and 
 (ii) graphically identifying the plurality of statuses, each status of the plurality of statuses corresponding a log file from the date's corresponding log files. 
 
   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein:
 each day indicia further comprises a number to indicate its corresponding date; and   the graphic status indicium for each day comprises a graphical device adjacent to the number.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the graphic status indicium for each day comprises a graphical device, wherein said graphical device comprises an annular device having a plurality of segments, each segment of the plurality of segments associated with a given status, the size of each segment relative to other segments indicating the proportion of tasks, relative to the set of tasks associated with that date, having the given status.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein each day indicium further comprises a number to indicate its corresponding date, said number disposed within the annular device. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the graphic status indicium for each day comprises a graphical device, wherein said graphical device comprises a circular device having a plurality of pie-shaped segments, each pie-shaped segment of the plurality of segments associated with a given status and the size of each segment relative to other segments indicating the proportion of tasks, relative to the set of tasks associated with that date, having the given status.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein each day indicium further comprises a number to indicate its corresponding date, said number superimposed over the graphical device. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the graphic status indicium for each day comprises a graphical device, wherein said graphical device comprises a rectangular device having a plurality of rectangular segments, each rectangular segment of the plurality of segments associated with a given status and the size of each segment relative to other segments indicating the proportion of tasks, relative to the set of tasks associated with that date, having the given status.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein each day indicium further comprises a number to indicate its corresponding date, said number superimposed over the graphical device. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the remote user device is a hand-held using device having a computer display screen configured to display the graphical user interface. 
     
     
         10 . A computer-implemented system for field progressing for a large-scale manufacturing project at a large-scale manufacturing site, the project having a plurality of associated project tasks, the system comprising:
 a project management platform configured to:
 receive, from a set of operators at the large-scale manufacturing site, a plurality of log files, each log file having a field observation of a project task from the plurality of project tasks of the large-scale manufacturing project; 
 determine, from each log file, a status of its associate task, the status being one of a plurality of states corresponding to an associated date; and 
 generate a status message having information for to populate a graphical user interface on a remote user device, the graphical user interface at the remote user device a having calendar comprising:
 (a) a plurality of day indicia, each day indicia uniquely associated with a corresponding date and a set of log files corresponding to said date, said log files being that date's corresponding log files and corresponding to a set of tasks associated with that date, and 
 (b) a plurality of graphic status indicia, each graphic status indicium of the plurality of graphic status indicia:
 (i) graphically and uniquely associated with a corresponding day indicium from the plurality of day indicia, and 
 (ii) graphically identifying a plurality of statuses, each status of the plurality of statuses corresponding a log file from the date's corresponding log files; and to 
 
 
 forward the status message toward the remote user device. 
   
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the remote user device is a hand-held user device having a computer display screen configured to display the graphical user interface. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein each log file includes status data recording the status of its associate task. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the graphic status indicium for each day comprises a graphical device, wherein said graphical device comprises an annular device having a plurality of segments, each segment of the plurality of segments associated with a given status, the size of each segment relative to other segments indicating the proportion of tasks, relative to the set of tasks associated with that date, having the given status. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein each day indicium further comprises a number to indicate its corresponding date, said number disposed within the annular device. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein:
 the graphic status indicium for each day comprises a graphical device, wherein said graphical device comprises a circular device having a plurality of pie-shaped segments, each pie-shaped segment of the plurality of segments associated with a given status and the size of each segment relative to other segments indicating the proportion of tasks, relative to the set of tasks associated with that date, having the given status; and wherein   each day indicium further comprises a number to indicate its corresponding date, said number superimposed over the graphical device.   
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein:
 the graphic status indicium for each day comprises a graphical device, wherein said graphical device comprises a rectangular device having a plurality of rectangular segments, each rectangular segment of the plurality of segments associated with a given status and the size of each segment relative to other segments indicating the proportion of tasks, relative to the set of tasks associated with that date, having the given status; and wherein   each day indicium further comprises a number to indicate its corresponding date, said number superimposed over the graphical device.   
     
     
         17 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer executable code thereon, the computer executable code, when executed by a computer system of a project management platform, causing the computer system to perform a method for field progressing for a large-scale manufacturing project at a large-scale manufacturing site, the project having a plurality of associated project tasks, the code comprising:
 code for receiving, at the project management platform, a plurality of log files, each log file having a field observation of a project task;   code for determining, from each log file, a status of its associate task, the status being one of a plurality of states corresponding to an associated date; and   code for forwarding a status message toward a remote user device, the status message having information for populating a graphical user interface on the remote user device, the graphical user interface having calendar comprising:
 (a) a plurality of day indicia, each day indicia uniquely associated with a corresponding date and a set of log files corresponding to said date, said log files being that date's corresponding log files and corresponding to a set of tasks corresponding to that date, and 
 (b) a plurality of graphic status indicia, each graphic status indicium of the plurality of graphic status indicia:
 (i) graphically and uniquely associated with a corresponding day indicium from the plurality of day indicia, and 
 (ii) graphically identifying a plurality of statuses, each status of the plurality of statuses corresponding a log file from the date's corresponding log files. 
 
   
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 17 , wherein:
 the graphic status indicium for each day comprises a graphical device, wherein said graphical device comprises an annular device having a plurality of segments, each segment of the plurality of segments associated with a given status, the size of each segment relative to other segments indicating the proportion of tasks, relative to the tasks associated with that date, having the given status; and wherein   each day indicium further comprises a number to indicate its corresponding date, said number disposed within the annular device.   
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 17 ,
 the graphic status indicium for each day comprises a graphical device, wherein said graphical device comprises a circular device having a plurality of pie-shaped segments, each pie-shaped segment of the plurality of segments associated with a given status and the size of each segment relative to other segments indicating the proportion of tasks, relative to the tasks associated with that date, having the given status.   
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 17 , wherein:
 the graphic status indicium for each day comprises a graphical device, wherein said graphical device comprises a rectangular device having a plurality of rectangular segments, each rectangular segment of the plurality of segments associated with a given status and the size of each segment relative to other segments indicating the proportion of tasks, relative to the tasks associated with that date, having the given status.